Council members are appointed by the Governor to serve a 4-year term, which can be renewed once, unless the Governor's Office makes an exception. The Council is federally recognized as the official State Advisory Group to the Governor on juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. The federal government requires a certain percentage of the State Advisory Group to be made up of youth members. Members are considered to be "youth" if appointed prior to the age of 26. They make up a subcommittee of the Council called the Emerging Leaders. Here they are indicated with an asterisk next to their name. If you would like to know more about how to serve on the Council, contact kelly.abbott@state.co.us.
Will Hays - Appointed June, 2012
JJDP Council Chair
Hilltop Community Resources, Inc.
*Malaysia Atwater - Appointed March, 2018
*Ciara Benner - Appointed March, 2018
Hon. Michelle Brinegar - Appointed August, 2014
District Court Judge
*Paige Brown - Appointed March, 2018
Brian Bumbarger - Appointed July, 2020
Colorado State University
Stacie Colling - Appointed August, 2015
CO Alternative Defense Counsel
Sheri M. Danz - Appointed December, 2019
Office of Child’s Representative
Rep. Lindsey Daugherty - Appointed June 2022
Colorado House Representative
*Viviana de la Torre - Appointed June 2022
Julie DeNicola - Appointed June 2022
Stepping Stones Advocacy, LLC
*Samual Elfay - Appointed October, 2018
Al Estrada - Appointed January, 2017
Division of Youth Services
Lt. Kelly Frieson - Appointed June 2022
Grand County Sheriff's Department
Juvenile Diversion/CYDC Coordinator
Charles Gilford - Appointed July, 2020
City and County of Denver
Rebecca Gleason - Appointed March, 2018
18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
Diana Goldberg - Appointed July, 2020
SungateKids
Lisa Neal Graves - Appointed December, 2019
Community Member
Thomas Harbaugh - Appointed July, 2020
State Court Administrator’s Office
Kira Jukes - Appointed July, 2020
Juvenile Assessment Center, 1st JD
David J. Kollar - Appointed December, 2019
Jefferson County Public Schools
Tracy Kraft-Tharp - Appointed August, 2013
House of Representatives
Matthew Lunn - Appointed June 2022
Denver Police Department
Claire Morrow - Appointed December, 2019
Tennyson Center for Children
*Crystal Murillo - Appointed July, 2016
Kyle Ragland - Appointed July, 2020
Weld County Department of Human Services
Paula Ramaekers-Mattas - Appointed August, 2017
Mesa County Partners Executive Director
Kelli Reidford - Appointed July, 2020
Office of Behavioral Health
Daniel Sampson - Appointed June 2022
Driven by Our Ambitions (DBORA)
*Joespeh Shelton - Appointed June 2022
Stephanie Seibold - Appointed December, 2019
Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
Alisiana Medina - Appointed June 2022
Denver Indian Family Resource Center
*Youth member